The Enid Weekly Wave. (Enid, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1905 Page: 3 of 8
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Brother Nlblack and Greer of the
Guthrie dallies are having a spat It
is a foot oi.e.
No. 13 on the Bock Islittdfaas estab
lishei Enid as the proper place to
stop for dinner.
fOd Worden was in town yesterday
from Hobart, O. T., with a car load
of poultry.
Jerouii Harrington, cash er of tbe
First National Bank of Watonga, was
in the city today on busi'ieaa.
BOND COMPANY
TMg was a fine day for tbe school
child en The air was so light and
warm that the playground a«
deed a fcappy place
| The beautiful November days make
a fellow pine for a summer fishing
excursion, out,—look out for snow be-
fore tbe first of December.
A. G. C. Biererof Guthrie is Beau
champ's chi?f attorney now. The
local fellows seem to have retired to
the rear—perhaps they have had a
hunch.
If you had stolen money would it
make you any less a crltrKnal because
the law said that the affair happened
more than three years ago and the
case could not be tried?
Mr. Bierer does not confine his re-
marks to the law in the case. He
seetns to be making a big effort to
reach tbe galleries instead of the
court. Somehow the galleries do not
respond.
Dr. F. M. Cox of Barr, Washington
township, was in the city visiting
with his brother, the manager of the
New York Brokers store. The doc-
tor hfas concluded to read the Weekly
Wave for a year.
MUST COUfiU UP.
Guthrie, Nov, 14.—The t*aae entit-
led Territory of Oklahoma versus the
American Bonding company of Bal-
timore was heard yesteiday morning
in district court. A jury trial was
waived and tbe case argued directly
before tbe court. Judgment was
rendered in favor of plaintiff. A uio
tion for a new trial was overruled and
exceptei to. The ca e will in all
probability go to the supreme court.
On April 14th, 1904, the C. pital Na-
tion 'I hank of this city failed. There
was at that time on deposit in the
bank 2l4,4 3 21, credited to tbe ter.
riti ry. The American Bonding com-
pany of Baltimore had given a surety
b..nd to protect the territory from
li ss, ami after tbe bank failed suit
* as filed to recover this amount.
Since the ti me of the failure two
dividends bave been declared, one of
20 per cent in December, 1904, at
which time the territory received
$48,810 64, and a second dividend of 15
per cent In lune, 1995; at this pay-
ment tbe territory's share was
t;i6,007.98
In court this morning Attorney Gen
eral Simons won a complete victory
for tbe territory, securing judgment
for the full amount of money the ter
ritory had on deposit in the banlc at
tbe time of the failure, wiui interest
at seven per cent less the amount of
the dividends. $17" 501.01, from tbe
time the last dividend was paid.
Real Bstate.
M
Now is tbe time for us fellows who
are up against serious charges at
Washington to stand together, Speed
—Oeauihamp—Grimes & Co. seein to
have more business in this line than
they can attend to.
After Beauchamp has announced
through the papers and very vocifer-
ously that he wants "an early and
open trial" his attorneys now come
and plead tbe statute of limitations
to get rid of a trial. Does it look like
they wanted to bave the people know
the facta or net?
Levi Overholser, a pioneer citizen
of Oklahoma City, a man who maae a
fjrtune with Its growth and who aid-
ed the city in many ways to develop
to its present state, died at his home
there yesterday morning Mr.Over-
holser was one of the largest bidders
of real estate in the city. He made
the run and settled in Okfabotn . with
only his hands and his br.i'ns t > raise
him to eminence.
Judge Bierer tried to .'Id dignity
to his argument by avoiding tile term
"stalute of limitations" and substi-
tuting "estoppel" therefor. But
•t appeared that what he was really
trying to get at was that the attor-
neys for Beauchamp wanted to avoid
a trial on the ground ot lapse of time
since the alleged (defalcations occur-
red. Would that be an honorable
defense?
C. E. Gannon et al to Semite
Seymour lot ti blk 2 Marshall-Gannon
$500.
Jus H. Moore Sr. etal to Fred C.
Champlin lot 12 block 2t> Jonesville
$2500.
Nettie Slorm &hus to Jas. H.
Mbore Sr. et. al Strip abutting lot 12
block 26 Jonesville (Q. C. D ) tJ.
Joshua E. Bacon to Henry H. Click
PtS E 11 22 7 $840.
Frank A. Fink to Jus. D. Mysicka
W i S E 15 226 $70.
Robert Hart to J. D. King lot 13 blk
26 Enid $100.
Jas. H. Moore Sr. et al to Fred C.
Champlin Abutting strip lot 12 blk 26
Jonesville (Q. C. D.) SI.
Andy J. Synder to Henry Shearer
S E 2 21 3 $3600.
J. E. Mecham to J. A. Boss lot |14
blk 3 Rowl ands 1st $25
W m. W, Rowland to J. A. Ross lot
115 16 blk 3 Powlands 1st $50.
H. H, Temple to J. E. & S. C.
Lathan lot 16 15 block iti etc E Park
$160.
H. H. Temple to J. E. Dempsey
4 blk 6 etc E. Park $520.
Report No, Thirteen.
Light Pipe Bursted,
On Oklahoma Avenue.
These Are Strenaoas Times For The
Light Pipe. Not Pressire Bat
Cold Water The Cause.
Early this morning the pumps at
tbe water works began to plunge and
snort In an effjrt to keep up just a
little pressure. Superintendent Por-
ter galloped his old gray mare
around to find the leak He found it
on west Oklahoma Avenue. Another
section of the light pipe had bursted
or pulled apart, no way to tell wheth-
er its back had broken, it kidneys
bursted or its nose knocked out until
it can be dug out. There was no lire
last night; the pressure was very low,
hence, it is thought that tbe cold
water contracted the pipe and {pulled
it apart. These breaks are of fre-
quent occurrence and will continue,
eventually costing the City thousands
of dollars and after tbe repairs are
made the City has nothing.
Tbe Wave warned the people and
the city council against the "Univer-
sal pipe" time and time again, but
received nothing but censure and
abuse for its warning. The late Al-
dei man Featherston went so far as to
call the editor to hie office for the
purpose.of roasting him for thirty
minutes claiming that the majority
of the council certainly had more
sense than the Wave man. Pete
Drummond the saint and apostolic
success put up in plate defended the
light pipe deal In his paper for a
little piece of money that had been
offered to the Wave. But the Wave
didn't need the money—it would not
advocate a wrong belm* heaped upon
its constituents—It would not go back
on the best interest of the city it has
fought for, fortwelve years. It never
has, it never will—let tbe destiny of
paper be, w tat it n ay. Or cent it
we say the light pipe deal was one of
the worst and costliest mistakes ever
made in this city.
HEMPS OF THE USE
ARE AVOIDED.
Beaachamp's Attorneys Invoke the
Statute of Limitations and Doctrine
of Estoppal.
EFFORT TO BAR OUT
ALL TESTIMONY.
Pnblic Trial of Matters in Issue Between
Beauchamp and People is Most
Assiduously Sought to Be
Avoided Without Regard
to Real Merits of
Allegations.
lot
Last night George Peters the six
year old son of Chas. Peters, died at
the family home six miles southeast
of Enid. A week ago yesterday the
little fellow fell from the hay loft
and bit his" tongue about half oft.
Doctors were called and sewed the
severed members together, but blood
poisoning set in and his death came
last night. The funeral will be htld
from the Catholic church tomorrow
morning at 10:30.
Last Sunday evening, a popular
/young man of this town, thought it a
l ifood scheme, by way of conciliation
to the old folks, to take along with
him a sack of apples, which be placed
In the back part of his buggy, when
he went to see his best girl. By way
of a practical joke, when tbe young
nan was out nf sight, a friend ex-
* >agei) the tack ot apples for a sack
Iptatoes. When the youag man
"sack of apples" lato the
I to treat his best girl and her
ti—-—! ! I !—■?—'? Let your
t\Jatlon iupply the details.—Car-
■tri.rd.
3108b SfREBT CAR NEWS.
Since the. failure of the car lint
franchise of Mr. Roberts to he acted
upon, the commercial club and the
city officers have been almost deluged
with letters concerning a street car
line for Enid! Several have written
that they would have taken the mat-
ter up soouer but understood that a
franchise had been granted. At
least two parties state that they are
ready and anxious to accept a fran
chise on fair terms and to begin build-
ing at once. So while little is said
about it in the papers the public may
rest assured that there is likely to be
something big along this line soon.
While it is true that Mr. West was
leading attorney for the county in the
Beauchamp case, because of his fam-
iliarity with the matters at issue, It
should not be forgotten that the coun-
ty attorney, Mr. Huett, has done
much hard work on tbe subject. HU
argument yesterday, covering not
less than an hour, showed that he had
been studying the law on the subject
thoroughly and had not permitted
the use of tug office for malicious pur-
poses as charged. Dan braced up to
the situation when the trial came and
►bowed that be w«a both willing and
prepared to stand «o the firing line.
The high school pupil, have been
taking Instructions on how to enter-
tain tbe territorial gathering of
teachers In December. foot ball
games and effigies arc not on the
program. _ ,
A. F. Barr came la l?st
<rom a h>Hic«9 trip to Okeen&
Pete Couldn't See
The Point*
The account of the trial of Judge
Beauchamp as given in iast nigbt'9
is-ue of the grafter's official organ is
tbe biggest piece of bull con ever
dealt out in a local sheet. Pete says
he listened all day to tne arguments
of the attorneys but from the array
of evidence on both sides an unpre-
judiced person could discover noth-
ing.
In other words Pete was unable to
see that Beauchamp had tried to
avoid a trial by demurrer and had
pleaded the statute of limitations. If
Pete hasn't sense enough to see the
point when a man pleads the statute
ot limitations he ought to go back to
Beaver county and resume thecollec-
tfonofcow chips.
Ignorance however might be ex-
cused—even such astounding ignor-
ance as Pete confesses. But willful
misrepresentation cannot ami should
uot be excused in a supposed news-
paper. There are none so blind as
those who will not see. Pete listened
to the trial all day hoping to liod
some point in BeaucUatnji's favor
which be could insert in glaring let-
ters between the stale boiler p'.ate
columns, but being wholly unable to
discover any such point and del eruiin-
ed not to print the truth be said an
"unprejudiced persou would have to
pass tbe matter over. One who knows
Pete and bis organ can readily s-e
that what be meant to do was to de-
fend all grafters as far as po.-sible,
and to keep the facts fiom tbe public
It might be not out of line to remark
that yesterday City Engineer Sexton
took Pete out to look at the break In
the light pipe which occurred as have
several others without any extra
pressutc on the pipe, and Pete re-
fused to aay a word about it in his
paper.
The preliminary part of tbe Beau-
champ trial was reported in yester-
day's Wave. During the latter part
of tbe afternoon, Judge Bierer, rep-
resenting Beauchamp made a lengthy
arguement to tbe fffect that tbe
county was stopped from examining
into Beauchamp's reports because
they had been approved by the coun-
ty at the time of being Bled and also
because the period since the tiling ot
most of the reports was more than
three years and the statute of limi-
tations which requires actions agalnct
public officers to be brought within
that Lime had, it was argued, run on
these causes of action.
The argument was very lengthy on
both sides, occupying all of the time
from 3 p. m. vesterday until late to-
day On the part of the county it
was contended that there was gross
fraud in the Beauchamp settlement
with the county and that the statute
of limitations did not apply to fraud.
Also that the final settlement of
Beauchamp with the county was not
approved by the board of county com-
missioners until October 8th, 1902
and this action was brought October
5th, 1905, three days before the time
allowed by law.
Caustic comments were several
times exchanged. Judge Bierer en-
gaged in a large amount of innuendo
regarding the cause of the action on
the part of the county, and stated
flatly that if Beaucbamp had not
been elevated to the supreme bench
the suit would have never been filed.
These statements, insinuations and
inunendo were resented by the
county, and the fact that defendant
bad resorted to the statute of limita-
tions to'bar the action after public
proclamation that he desired a full
and complete trial of the issues, was
the occasion of no little criticism
and gave rise to some very pertinent
remarKs as to the probable merits ot
the case.
Bierer charged the county with bad
faith. The county charged tbe de-
fendant with embezzlement of large
amounts of county money, with fraud,
ueceit, and violation of bh oath as a
public officer, and also with endeavors
to avuid a trial of the allegations In
the case.
The argument of Mr. West
on the demurrer which
lasted several hours was to say tbe
Attention, Farmers!
When you need a good reliab'e.
long experienced auctioneer, send for
Joshua Mat his.
dates for sat.es at this office
Terms Reasonable.
notes If" ,^1"
JOSHUA MATHiS
will furnish Tin Cups for Coffee at
&11 sales.
Enid. O. T.
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Ordinance No. 378.
An ordinance, levying anil uhs,■<«!„„ ,
tflflrl nfi* iUPC" otr"11" '<" In the < ity of
Enid, Oklahoma Territory, for <1 ArVV
sewer No. J8. *' an-wici
Bo It Or Sullied by the Mayor and Cminnii
°><Oltyof fin 1.1, Ok lahoma, ,'rS
Section 1. i hat a levy be and Is hereby
made and a.s*ess«>d upon the following lot^
L" 11Enid, o\t lahoma Territory for
bulimnK a District t* iwer In hlstrlet^o
18 in In the Original Town Bite, being in block
i iL n # M"d nineteen ( •) £&-
Rnrt I e amount assessment
o f ? V , 8 t ,e "mount s**t opposite
each lot as follows, to-wit:
ORIGINAL TOWNBITK.
Block No. 18 Lot No. 1
44.23
tlft
44.23
_n
$707.68
144 23
•44.i 3
44.
44 39
44.33
41.23
44 33
44 23
44.3V
44.23
44 23
41.'<3
44.23
U.i'6
4 33
44.23
9707 88
Section 2. That If after the expiration of
four weeks after the passage of this ordl-
na. ce the amount named in section one of
this ordinance tpjjether with costs of publi-
cationshall not be paid, then the mayor and
councllmen of (be City of Enid shall cause
tax warrants to be Issued against sucn lots
and pieces of ground in said district which
tax warrants snail recl.e the date of the
passage of the ordinance making the assess-
ments, the amount of assessments, tbe de-
scription of the prouerty against which the
same Is levied. The same will be levied
against said property In three equal install-
ments with Interest thereou at tne rate of 8
per cent per annum levied each year to be-
come due on the 16th day of l)ec. next;
after each levy, to pay the maturing install-
ment and shall be signed by the Mayor and
countersigned by the City OlerK, which said
lax warrants shal' be delivered to (heron-
tractor, provided that the aggregate amount
of such warrants to be delivered t«. the
contractor shall not exceed hU contract
price, and the city shall hold and retain for
its own indemnity a sufficient amount of the
same to cover other expenses and ihe con •
ract price of executing the work.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect
and ne enforced from and afier the passage,
approval and publication for four weeks In
the Enid Weekly Wave.
Passed and approved this 6th day of
Oct. 11*05.
f klfp petek hof'u .
™ . Mayor.
City Clerk.
Attest:—seal.
PHIZES AT FARMERS INSniUTE,
Attbe Garfield Co., Farmers Insti-
tute to be held at Enid, In the old
post oflice building on tug 2llth .and
21st ithas been arranged to make an
exhibit of a few of tbe varieties ol
corn raised in the county, to aid in
accomplishing that result, dome of
the citizens of Enid have gener n . ,
donated the following cash |
All samples awarded a prize sb 11 .e
come the property of and hp de
to the parties paying the preu
Beat sample 10 ears White n,
First National Bank, $2. Secant
Harry M. Horner, $1.
Best sample 10 ears Yellow cor.i,
Hank of Enid, $2. Second best, L. A.
I'aublon Co., $1.J
Best sample 10 ears Bloody Butchcr
least a big s irpi ise to tbe defense. corni Garfield Exchange Bank,
lhere wai Home indication in the
court yesterday that the now famous
legal cap county treasurer's receipt
had been lost, or mislaid, or misap-
propriated, or burned or something.
The speedy trial the bunch of spotted
Judiciary wanted Is being balked
mandamused and delayed at every
turn.
The domineering attitude of t he de
femlant's attorneys gradually melted
away before the continuous stream
of law which the young barrister
brought to bear upon hl«6ubject con.
tlnuously. He used invective or In-
unendo but stayed strictly by tne
points at issue, saying he was willing
to let the evidence tell as
tothe merits or bad faith involved
In the case. His whole argument
was of a high order, and the crowded
court room spectators listened with
the utmost decorum and attention to
the county's side of the case.
At the hour of going to press argu-
ments were still being heard on the
demurrer. A decision will not be
reached for several dayj as the
court has announced that briefs must
be submitted and ten days taken to
consider
Don t draw down the shades in
your living room as soon as evening
falls. Let your light shine out to
cheer the passers-by.
Fred Champlin has purchased one
#f the lots of J. H. Moore on Monroe
street near Independence. The pur-
chase was simply an Investment of
tVed's surplus capital.
Second best, Cory Pharmacy,
Best sample 10 ears Calico corn,
Cannon & Goulding $2. Second best,
Edmund Frantz, ti.
Best sample 10 heads of White Kaf-
fir corn, American State Bank ti.
Hest sample of 10heads Ked Kalllr
corn, American State Bank $1.
Best ear of any variety, soundness,
size, symmetry.length of kind and no
of rows to be the p?lnt. H. A. Lee,
$1.
All entries for prizes must be made
on or before 10 o'clock the 20st.
m. Watkins,
.Secretary.
Era Of The Southwest
Story of Cherokee Strip and Eaid.
Their Wealth and Prosperity,
Told in St. Louis Pap;r.
-.'3 "u; following are extracts from a
jj.vB .long article in the St. Louis Republic
yesterday:
M.jwj Enid, Ok., Nov. IX-The Cherokee
JJ^jStrip U a kingdom in itself. The
M.sy | seven counties wnicb lie along the
Kansas border and which were com-
prised in tbe "Strip" attracted the
attention of the world for years as
full of the choicest land for the farm-
er and stock raiser.
'1 he opening of older Oklahoma in
1889 only inspired a stronger desire in
the heart of the white man for posses-
sion of the golden acres which a pa-
ternal government had handed over
to the Indlansof tbe Osag., Ponca,
Otoe, Missouri and Tonkawa tribes.
No-Man's Land, which is now Beaver
County, the arm of Oklahoma, which
stretches westward like a penlnsui.i
between Kansas and Texas, becam-
the property of the white settlers in
1800, and Pottawatomie and Lincoln
counties were created in the same
year from tbe domain taken from the
Sacs and Foxes, the Iowas and the
Pottawatomles.
This latter has become the home of
tbe potato, the watermelon, corn and
cotton and everything else which is
worth having or raising All the
while the longing for tbe Cherokee
Strip was only beewming intensified.
The Cherokee Strip and the whea;
belt of Oklahoma are synonymous
terms. They and one-half millions ot
acres of wheat is a most conservative
statement nf what Northern Oklaho-
ma is doing in the way ot t'arm pro
ducts. in tbe Strip, when it was
opene I ii", there were in actual fig-
ures 0,011,293 acrei-, and almost one-
half of tiiis area is estimated to Oe
devoted to wheat.
The average wheat crop for the ten
years of its newer existence jjlvea to
the Strip counties a product of eigh-
teen bushel-, to the acre. In the ten
yt ars there have been two seasons in
which there was wW was known in
■ Oklahoma as a crop failure, occasion-
I j ed by too much wetness,
1 uese two instances furnished a
^.>t« l product which would have been
nnsidertd average crops in the older
w eat sections, but here, where *f-
teen bushels to the ricre Is a rather
despicable showing, "poor" was the
estimate of the production for those
two seasons
Ihe total yield of wheat last year
n Oklahoma Is estimated at more
ti: ;n 44,000,000 bushels, and of thic
be Strip furnished nearly one-half,
the rest coming from Western and
Central Oklahoma.
With Enid as the center and
de-
scribing a circle>ith 100 miles as the
radius, the area so circumscribed,
wbich reaches past tbe second tlerot
southern Kansas counties raises an
average nf 09,000,000 bushels of wheit
yearly, 130,000,000 bushels of corn and
25,f00,000 bushels of oats.
Kaitet Cfirt.
neat, 05.
Oats, 27.
Fyps, 14c.
Broomcorn. t70 (ce $7.1^
Corn, 40;.
Butler 2Vc.
Hogs, t4.00 (d t6.60.
Ducks and geese, 7c. (g 4cf
Chickens, spring,|9.
Hens, Sc.
TurWe"" 11 f~f 7.1
<■ bay, baled, 20 (4 v5«
Of Interest to Worn20.
It Belgium women consider it a
disgrace to have a hired girl. The
mistress must b> lazy.
Some folks buy hnofrs to put m«a<r
In their heads; others buy clothed
and put money on their backB.
A girl Is never satisfied until the
right uian comes along and says the
right thing In the right time.
Don't Imagine that every sad-eyed
woman you meet has loved and tat,
It's more likely sh; 1 n-e.i and t
him.
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